Editor’s Note: You can’t accuse me of recycling this morning. Instead, we are going to go time traveling in an all-new action packed adventure in the wild and exotic world of government Program and Budget. There is so much swirling around these days that it is much easier to just live in the past. Of […]

Editor’s Note: I was castigated severely this morning for “syndicating” the contents of The Daily over the last few dozen weeks. I took umbrage at the criticism, though upon further consideration can be viewed as a valid one. In defense of the hard-working staff here at Socotra House, there is so little that anyone can […]

Editor’s Note: It is appropriate that we arrive with Mac at the end of the Pacific War just as Winston’s bust has been returned to a place of honor in the Oval Office and the British Prime Minister is in Washington to take the measure of the new administration. Mac would have laughed- there is […]

(WWI sailor and WWII War Correspondent Ernie Pyle, seen here on USS Cabot when he was making waves with the Navy Department. Mac met him on Guam with the CINCPAC forward staff. Photo US Navy.) I tried to look at my notes from the most recent session with Mac at Willow and they are not […]

Editor’s Note: I had finished the slides for the big Weekly Meeting when the news came in. The slate of nominees to be Service Secretaries is complete. We knew about billionaire businessman Vincent Viola’s nomination to be the next Army Secretary, formerly the Secretary of War. There is word that General Mattis was not happy […]

Editor’s Note: Whatever you think of the new and old administrations, one has to observe that the new one doesn’t mind working. The lights are on in the West Wing early, and the meetings are going all day, with periodic breaks to sign Executive Orders. What an interesting next four years this is going to […]

Editor’s Note: We are off to an interesting week in Your Nation’s Capital. I am going to have to make a trip to the Commissary to stock up on popcorn. My favorite moment in the flurry of “They lie!” moments on the daily news cycle was the entertaining image of the distinguished Senate Minority Leader […]

Editor’s Note: Wild weekend with many moving pieces. I am not ready for Monday. I am happy the big demonstrations came off with little violence, and a surprisingly upbeat attitude, even if the line of march and the ultimate goals seem a bit muddled. I think it is fair to observe that this is going […]

Editor’s Note: My eyes flew open down at the farm around five-thirty. I wanted to get back north and at least bid my guests for the big march a fervent farewell after the time they invested in driving down to participate. It was pre-dawn on the trip back, dark and foggy, but it is entirely […]

Editor’s Note: The ladies from Massachusetts made it to Arlington some time long after I was asleep at the farm. The plans to get them a parking pass and the keys to my unit worked, according to Donna this morning, who cheerfully rang me up to dispel any misgivings. She and her pals were going […]